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# Asylum Seekers

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Opinion: Workhouses and Direct Provision – the parallels can no longer be ignored
Fiona Fitzsimons
Businesses are making money from direct provision
LGBT asylum-seekers cannot produce 'sex tapes' as evidence
Parish priest banned from visiting direct provision centre - but he's going anyway
High Court rules direct provision does not breach human rights
'I don’t know how to be happy': Asylum seekers speak out about their experiences in Ireland
Direct Provision 'increases distress and vulnerability' of sexually-abused migrants
Asylum working group criticised for including only one (former) asylum-seeker
Opinion: 'Direct provision' is a holding pen where people are kept for efficient deportation
Anne Mulhall and Gavan Titley
Retired judge to chair group that will tell government how to treat asylum seekers better
'There’s a growing sense across the country that something is seriously wrong'
Gerry Adams wasn't allowed tweet from a direct provision centre today - here's why
"We will be judged on how we treat those who present at our borders" - President Higgins
Direct provision protest in Cork ends after ten days
Surge in asylum applications? That's 'ridiculous' says Ó Riordáin
New laws will see asylum seekers spend less time in Direct Provision
Direct provision protests gain momentum as residents of another Cork centre say no more
Ireland spending €150 million a year on asylum system
Here's how you can make Dublin a City of Sanctuary
Demonstration to close 'inhumane' direct provision centre in Limerick taking place today
Four on hunger strike at "extremely volatile" Direct Provision centre
The government is going to review the way Ireland treats asylum seekers
Opinion: Happy 14th birthday, Direct Provision – just think of everything you haven't achieved!
Fiona Hurley
'The way we treat asylum seekers says a lot about us as a country' - Ó Ríordáin
How many Syrian refugees has Ireland offered to take in?
Asylum applications to Europe were up 29% in the first quarter of this year
Could a levy on alcohol help suicide prevention?
Opinion: Ireland warehouses asylum-seekers, institutionalises them and leaves them in limbo
Donal O'Keeffe
Ireland treats children seeking asylum as 'second class citizens'
From GSOC to asylum seekers, what are Ireland's human rights failings?
Opinion: An EU coastguard for the Mediterranean could save lives and national budgets
Niall McGlynn
Politicians are not allowed to talk to people seeking asylum in Ireland
Asylum applications in the EU surged to 435k last year
More than half of Ireland's asylum seekers in 'reception system' for over 3 years
Hundreds detained in Irish prisons each year over immigration issues
Here’s What Happened Today: Monday
Ireland is failing to meet its international obligations on asylum seekers says the Irish Refugee Council
Nearly 700 refugees rescued off the coast of Sicily
Column: Europe needs a new approach to illegal immigration
David Moloney
EU demands extra search patrols as 300 feared dead in Italy migrant boat tragedy